At War on the Gothic Line by Jennings, Christian -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Photo: Private Paul Oglesby in a damaged Catholic church at Acerno, Italy, 1943 Title Page Copyright Notice Epigraphs List of Maps Preface: Attacking Germans in Defensive Positions: “a most unpleasant and hazardous operation” Part One: Introduction—The Road to the Gothic Line

1. Beware of the Rabbit

Map: Italy: 1944–45 Map: Sicily & South Italy

2. The Torturers of Via Tasso

Map–German Defensive Lines in Italy 1943–1945

Part Two: Before the Line

3. Italy: A Country Made for Defensive Warfare

Map: Italy, Showing the Alps & Apennines Map: The Gothic Line

4. Nisei Soldiers and the Battle for Belvedere 5. Indians on the Road to Florence

Map: North & Central Italy

6. Blood and Honor: Partisans and the SS on the Road North

Map: Florence & Bologna Map: Lucca & the Serchio River Valley Map: Westminster Regiment Advance to Rimini

7. Best-Laid Plans: The SOE and OSS in Northern Italy

Part Three: On the Line

8. Dug-In Defense: The German Plan

Map: Lucca and the Serchio River Valley

9. The Complexities of Command: Lieutenant General Leese and Operation Olive 10. A Multinational Assault: Ten Armies on the Gothic Line

Map: Ravenna

11. With Infantry and Tanks: The Canadians on the Foglia River

Map: Westminster Regiment Advance to Rimini

Map: Lucca and the Serchio River Valley

16. At the Point of the Line: The Attack on Seravezza

Part Four: Behind the Line

17. Behind Enemy Lines: The SOE and OSS Missions in the North 18. Regular and Irregular Forces: The Fall of Ravenna

Map: Ravenna

19. Christmas in the Serchio Valley 20. East Wind: The Different Flavors of Communism

Part Five: After the Line

Epilogue: What Became of the Characters in the Book? Acknowledgments Endnotes Index Photographs Also by Christian Jennings About the Author Newsletter Sign-up Contents Copyright